Wonderful, I'm glad your experience was so rewarding. I expect once you get a couple of more rides with the clips you will never want to go back to flat pedals again and may indeed start considering double sided SPD pedals that have the clip mechanism on both sides and are significantly lighter.

I would leave the pedal tension at the lowest level for a while and only tighten it if you find your self releasing when you don't want to. There is no benefit to having the clips any tighter than needed for reliable retention.